Precious pills : medicine and social change among Tibetan refugees in India / Audrey Prost.

New York : Berghahn Books, [2008], ©2008.

156 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-150) and index.

'Because we are Tibetans--' : talking about health -- 'India is the happiest place!' : contextualising exile -- The pathogenic nature of exile -- From 'old-timers' to 'newcomers' : social inequalities in the diaspora -- The Mentsikhang : construing traditional authority -- Humours on trial : the Mentsikhang's dilemmas.